The Sun. — London, England, 1838-08-30 00:00:00

WINDSOR-(WEDNESDAY) The Queen took her accustomed airing in the park this afternoon, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Baroness Lehz en, Lord Torrington, Lord Melbourne, Lady Mary Stopford, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Sir George and Miss Quentin, Hon. Miss Murray, and Major Keppel. The Royal party rode on horseback. The Marchioness of Normanby followed in a pony phaeton. The following are expected to arrive this evening to join the royal dinner party :—Viscount Palmerston, their Excellencies Achmet Bey and Sarem Effendi, and the Count and Countess Sebastiani. Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta dined with Queen Adelaide at Bushy. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday morning on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Solicitor-General had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday in Downing-street. Lord Glenelg transacted business yesterday at the Chan cellor of the Exchequer's office in Downing-street. Sir George Villiers transacted business yesterday at the Fo reign Department. The Turkish Ambassador Extraordinary transacted business esterday at the Foreign Department. The Austrian, Prussian, and Sardinian Ambassadors tran sacted business yesterday at the Foreign Department. The Agent for the Cape of Good Hope transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Department. The Bishop of Nova Scotia transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Department. Mr. Drummond, the Irish Secretary, transacted business yesterday at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Office in Downing-street. Mr. Hawes, M. P., and Mr. Baring had an interview with Lord Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial Office; Mr. Thorneloe, Mr. Haig, Mr. Strangways, and Mr. C. Villiers, had also in terviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from Downing, street for Lord Melbourne at Windsor. Despatches were received yesterday from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the India Board for Lord Auckland, the Governor General of India, and for the Officers administering her Majesty's Government at the Presidencies of Bombay and Madras. Despatches were received yesterday at the India Board from the Officer commanding at Singapore. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Charles Baillie Hamilton, Esq ,at the Pulteney Hotel, from n Thane P ar k ; H e nry Sandford, Esq., at ditto, from Bath ; Mr. Knight, at the Hanover Hotel, from Paris ; Dr. Colles and family, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, from the Continent. DEPARTURES. Lord and Lady Sondes and family, from St. James's-place, for Lees Court, Kent • Sir John de Beauvoir, Bart., from Fulham, f or the seat Of Earl Ferrers, in Staffordshire; the 11 .,,„ev. Hugh Will oug hb y, f rom C amp d en Hill , f or R amsgate ; 'r• and Lady Francis Ley and family, from Richmond-ter race, for th e i r seat , T re hill , D evons hi re ; M r. C . B ow l es f or North Aston, in Gloucestershire ; Mr. and Mrs. Ridley Col borne for West Harding, in Norfolk; Lady Caroline Barham for the seat of the Earl of Verulam, Gorhambury ; Mr. and ..„ Mr s• Mundy f or M ar k eaton, i n D er b ys hi re ; C o l one l and mrs• Grant for Ramsgate; Captain and Mrs. Dundas for 13rton Court, in Berkshire; Mr. Gosling for Hassobury, Bishop Stortford ; Mr. and Lads Catherine Whyte Melville, Br Mount Melville, St. Andrew's, Fifeshire ; Mrs. and Miss Mitchell, from Charles -street, Berkeley-square, for Brighton ; .4ord and Lady Rossmore, from the Hanover Hotel, for Dub in; Mr. and Miss Steere, from ditto, for Brighton; Miss Hay and Miss Surtees, from ditto, for Edinburgh ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Adkins, from ditto, for Dublin; Mr. and Mrs. Nash, from the P u l teney Hotel, for Glastonbury, Somerset ; the Earl f Aylesf or d f or P ack i ngton Hall, Coventry; Sir E. Antrobus Bart., for Cheam Park; Sir F. Burdett and Miss Burdett outts for Ramsbury Manor, Wilts ; Viscount Acheson on a tour ; Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Bulteel for Lyneham Hall, Stafford s hi re ; Admiral Sotheron for Kirklington Hall, South well, N ottinghamshire ; the Hon. R. Dundas on a tour ; Lady Charles and Misses Somerset on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. yWalter Arcedeckne for Clevering Hall, in Suffolk ; Sir eorge an d L ady Rose for Christ Church, in Hampshire ; 1 ,a,„! Hon. G enera l Bli gh on a tour; Sir Bethel, Lady, and the Codrington, from Park-lane, on Tuesday last, for Dod cnngton Castle, for the season ; Lord A s hley and L a dy E m il y 111 a tour ; Mr. James Townley Tisdall on a tour ; M r . J o h n vert Briscoe for Arbon Grove, in Surrey. CHANGES. Mr. L. Fox, M. P., for Hornby Castle, from Paris; Mr. IVMrs. Birch, from Buxton, for Ballybcen House, County °"; Mr, and Mrs. Jones, from Mount Clements, Stan more, for Devonshire.. His Majesty Louis Phillippe has sent a beautiful ea cleau— a secretaire of exquisite workmanship—as a souvenir an d ackn ow l e d gmen t t o h er M a j esty o f h er h osp i ta li ty to hi s ß ° Yel Highness the D u c d e N emours . Thi s present reac h e d French Embassy yesterday. b Duk e o f Devonshire has joined th e numerous d r a a n eues or th e C aven di s h f am il y assem b led at Aix. His ce is expected h ome to pass t h e Ch r i stmas at Brighton. a don His Grace the D u k e of Portl an d h as recent l y sent F_rie Grace of 10 0 1. to t h at deserv i ng charity, The Children's nd Society. Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Richmond and f amily are expe c t e d to return to G oodwood from Gordon Castle, Fochabers, North Britain, much earlier than cue t°lnarY, in order to celebrate a series of grand fetes which are :to be given at Goodwood Park on the occasion of their eldest I ° o , the E ar l o f M arc h , atta i n i ng his majority in February next. The arra ngements, we h ear, w ill b e on a very magnifi cent and splendid scale. The Marquis of Hertford continues at Aix, but 'cas to leave for Milan this week. His Lordship is in such im proved health as to contemplate, we are informed, returning 0 this country in October. h e M arquis of Thomond has left Belgrave-square for Tonbridge Wells. The Earl and Countess of Harewood are entertain ,go a disti ngu i shed party of relatives and friends at Harewood ni use, Yorkshire. e te Marquis and Marchi oness o f W estm i nster in - Will ed se remain a fortni g ht l onger at M oor P ar k , w h ere they corne ae -- e y every day. . hi l'he Ea r l o f Ch esterf i eld left the Isle of Wight in less s acht f or t h e French coast on Tuesday last. The Coun llceornpanied him. uoTlie Earl and Countess of Delawarr, after leaving uta Hall, i n C ambridgeshire, proceeded to Buckhurst Park, s t Grinstead, and lastly to Brighton; they then crossed C . w.aternent to Dieppe, and th ence ma k e a s h ort tour on t h e par k -lane E ar l of Ducie and Ladies Moreton have left Glouces tershire f or W oodchester Park, near Minchinghampton, in et:_ ouce stershire wh ere th e y w ill rece i ve company in the ur se of next month. f ron 1 1 1 , 1 ? Earl o f P em b ro k e arr i ve d i n town last week confinn's seat Wil ton H ouse, and has since proceeded to the en T 1 : n The Dowager Countes s Cowper is on a visit to her 0 -n and daughter-in-law, at Pausanger, and proceeds, in the and2rae of the present week, to Scotland, on a visit to Lord Lady Willoughby D'Eresby. The Countess and Ladies Ashburnham have left loan on a tour. The younger branches of the Earl and Countess of Burlington's family have arrived in town from the family seat, 1-o ropton-place, E ast b ourn , and proceed immediately to join tthe Noble Earl and Countess at Aix, in Savoy, the family in ending to sojourn six month s l onger on t h e C ont i nent. The eport of the Countess's appointment as successor to the Mar qioness of Lansdowne in her Majesty's household, is con sidered to be premature ; at all events we have reason to believe that there is no probability of the Noble Lady enter ing on the duties of her office for the period above named. His Excellency Fethi Ahmed Pasha, the Ottoman - Ambassador Extraordinary, attended by his suite, left the reddeace of the Turkish Embassy, in the Regent's Park, yes terdey morning . for Windsor Castle, to have an audience of th e Queen. His Excellency the American Minister and Mrs. Stevenson left London yesterday for Scotland. Lord Hill h as arr i ve d at hi s seat H ardw i ck Grange, Ilear Sh rews b ury, where his Lordship is entertaining a select Party of friends. Lord an d L a d y Sal i sbury and Lord Forester left P 'e Duke of Rutland's moors yesterday for Sir Robert Peel's. Furester i s expected this week at Lord Albert Conyng n's, at Bif rons , near Canterbury, from Buxton. LORD BROUGHAM.—We have heard that at the prese nt moment L or d B rougham has no intention of visiting S cot• land t hi s year, and we believe we may at all events pronecnee that he will not dine with those who call g°w• • inselv es , on Z i le present occasion, " the Radicals of Glas "----Scotsni a n, tesd Sir ( Gore O use l ey, s ort., and family left town yes aY or Hillbarn Park, in Buckinghamshire. LoColonel and Lady Catherine Buckley have arrived at re ob, ford ord Castle, the seat of the Earl of Radnor, in Wilt iia Earl Howe's second son, t h e Hon. Richard Wil tenni P enn Curzon, h as entere d the army as Ensign and Lieu ant in the G rena di er G uards. iOll Van Buren, son of the President of the United States, accompanied b y M r. Richard Vaux, of the States' L egat i on , l e f t L ondon yesterday for Chelten. h 411 1• 01.90 n a tour through Ireland and Scotland. " :Monday evening the M arquis and Mar -I°,less of CastlLondonderry, acco m p an i e d b y their son, Lord , l e.'"eagh, and suite, arrived at M anc h ester. Her Lady ; 'I), we regret to learn. had been so severely indisposed for t• ime, that his Lordship, immediately on their arrival, in Dr. Marshall, who continued in close attendance ~e st "dily ning, when her Ladyship was so f ar reco crteii Nr that th e N o b le natty procee d e d on the i r journey to the north - -1 1 Tanch es t er Courier of Saturday. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cianricarde, t ,, "3',. and suite, will s a il f o r Cronstadt in one of h er Msjes tn) St a sh ips of th e li ne i n the b eg i nn i ng o f O cto b er, on their way di:ir Petersburg, where hi Lordship is apointed Ambassa- Extraordinary from her s Majesty queen p Victoria. IGENCE EGHAM RACES-YErrEADA Y. The threatening appearance of the sky, and a slight fall of rain in the early part of the morning, threw a damp on the expectations of the inhabitants, who had confidently looked for a continuance of the weather which had so favourably introduced the meeting, and, as a beneficial consequence, an increase in the attendahce. Their apprehensions were not groundless, for, although the day turned out fine many had taken fright and postponed their visit till Thurs day, while others made a " waiting race' of it, so that at the com mencement of the running the company was much below the ave- rage: As the day advanced, however, 'numbers flocked in from Windsor, Datchett, and the mau l , little villages which lie scattered in this beautiful neighbourhood, so that towards three o'clock the muster became pretty strong, enabling the keepers of the booths to realise a portion of those profits on which they had calculated. A report that the Queen would be present was speedily contradicted, much to the mortification of the Egham people, who had promised themselves a continuance of that beneficial patronage hitherto be stowed on their races by the Royal family. Of the fashionables present it would be useless to give a list, as the names would be merely a repetition of those included in our notice of Tuesday's proceedings. The following is an account of the racing : The Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sovs., h. ft., colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies, Bst. 41b. ; untried stallions or mares allowed 31bs. ; both, 51bs. ; the winner of the Riddlesworth, the Derby, or Oaks Stakes, 71bs. extra. New mile. (5 subs.) Sir G. Heathcote's b. f. Paraguay, Bst. llb Chapplo 1 Duke of Richmond's Guava, by The Colonel, Bst. llb 2 Mr. Gardnor's b. c., by Gaberlunzie, out of Luna Betting—Even on Paraguay, 3 to 1 agst Guava, and 3 to 1 agst the Gaberlunzie colt. Although the weather was far from being warm the trio set off at a walking pace, which they kept up for about one hundred yards ; they then got side by side and cantered through the first gap, the actual race commencing half a mile from home, where Paraguay took up the running at a good pace, followed by Guava, kept her lead to the end, and won cleverly by a length. The Gaberlunzie colt was a very moderate third. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft., and only sif declared, &c. The winner of the Goodwood or Brighton Stakes 7lbs ,if both, 101 b. extra. Two miles and a distance. (34 Subs., 17 of whom declared). Mr. Sadler's Combat (half bred), 5 yrs. 7st. 21b. W. Day 1 Mr. Robertson's Olympic, aged, Bst. 41b Loutherbourg was in this race, and by his performances at Good wood, Brighton, and Levees, had so terrified the owners of the other " accepted" horses, that when it was announced this mornin g that he was amiss, there w ere on ly t wo f ort h com i ng to compete for a stake worth nearly 400/., and cute of those half-bred. The last betting was 2to 1 on Combat, who waited on Olympic till half way up the distance, went by him, and won cleverly by a length. Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft., with 25 added, for two and three years old; two years, 7st. ; three years, 9st. 21b. ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Half a mile. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs. if demanded, &c. (3 Subs.) Mr. Scott's Queen of Queens Mr. Newman's ch. f. by Hokee Pokes, 3 yrs . . 2 Batting-5 to 2on Queen of Queens, who made all the running, and won easy by a length and a half. The Aukerwycke Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 35 added ; three years old, 7st ; four years, Bst. 21b ; five years, Bst. 81b ; six years and aged, Bst. 111 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 120/., &c. Heats, one mile. (6 Subs.) Mr. Balchin's Slender, 3 yrs Mr. Falkner's b. g. by Tramp, 4yrs 3 2 Mr. J. Day's Oberon, aged Capt. Pettat's Caliph, 6 yrs Mann first heat-5 to 4on Oberon, 2to 1 agst Caliph, and 3to 1 agst each of the others. Slender made nearly all the running, and won in a canter ; Caliph saved his distance but pulled up lame. Second heat-5 to 4 agst Lunacy, and 6to 4 agst Slender. The running and the result were the same as for the first heat. St. Leger.--In the course of the day Don John was backed at 3 to 1. Handicap for the Sunninghill Stakes—( This Day).—Berwick shire, 5 yrs, B.A. 121 b; Cinderella colt, 3 yrs, Bst. 21b; Larnaca ; 3 yrs, 7st. 41b ; Alirvan, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b ; Gil Bias, 4 yrs, 6st. 81b ; Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, 6st. 51b ; and Kitty, 4 yrs, a feather. LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Don John 7 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's lon 7 to I agst Mr. Parkins's Lanercost 19 to 2 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus 12 to I agst Duke of Cleveland's Alzira 12 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Appleton Lad 14 to I agst Mr. Coombes's Cobham 16 to I agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle—taken 18 to 1 agst Mr. Fox's Jemmy Jumps DEATH OF SIR JOHN NICHOL.—It is with much regret that we announce the death of the Learned Judge who for so many years presided over the Arches, the Prerogative, and subsequently over the Admiralty Court of England. Sir John expired on Sunday morning, at his seat in North Wales, having been taken ill on the Friday pre viously. He died apparently without the least pain, and in the full possession of his faculties, at a very advanced age. Captain the Hon. George Poulett is sojourning at Brighton, besides Mr. Howard and Lord Waldegrave. The monument to the memory of our lamented fel low-citizen, the late Sir Francis Freeling, Bart., has this week been erected in the noble church of St. Mary Redcliff, the parish in which he was born. —Bristol Journal. DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM MAXWELL, OF MONREITH, BART.---WC regret to have to announce the death of this gallant veteran, who expired at his seat at Mon reith on 'Wednesday afternoon, in, we believe, his sixtieth year. Sir William had been for some days previously in so helpless a condition as to leave no chance of his recovery. So long as Sir William Maxwell has been known as the head of one of the oldest families in this county, and connected as he was by family ties with the Nobility in the three kingdoms, it would be superfluous for us to attempt any biographical notice of him. This, however, we may venture to say, without fear of contradiction, that wherever he was known he was esteemed for the kindness of his heart, and the suavity of his manners. Sir William Maxwell lost his left arm in the ever memorable battle of Corunna, where Sir John Moore fell in the arms of victory. Sir William on that occasion commanded the 26th, or Cameronian regiment of foot ; and soon after this event he retired from the army. His eldest son, now Sir William Max well, inherits the title and estate.—Stranraer Advertiser. Lord and Lady Ravensworth have been entertain ing a succession of distinguished visitants at Ravensworth Castle, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, during the scientific meet ing in that town. NEWCASTLE, AUG. 27.—His Grace the Duke of Northumberland presides this day at the banquet given in the Great Assembly-room by the members of the Natural History Society to those members of the British Association who re main after the labours of the past week. His Grace, accom panied by the Duchess, then proceeds to Alnwick Castle, where they have invited many of the distinguished members of the British Association to spend a few days of relaxation in that magnificent baronial edifice. Among them are—Sir J. Herschel, Professors Bucklard, Sedgwick, Whewell, Pea cock ; Sir T. Brisbane, Dr. Lardner, Dr. Granville, and others. Many of them will afterwards adjourn to the hospi table roof of Gillingham, where the Earl of Tankerville en tertains also a large assembly of philosophers. THE GREY MONUMENT.—The colossal statue of Earl Grey, by E. H. Bailey, R. A., intended to be placed on the pillar now nearly finished at the top of Grey-street, ar rived in Newcastle on Monday morning, per the Halcyon, London trader, and was removed by two waggons from the quay to the site of the monument. It is expected to be raised in a few days. The height of the pillar from the ground is 121 feet, and the statue, including the plinth, is 14 feet when placed in its proper position the mean height will be 135 feet.—Durham Chronicle. THE CORONATION.—On Saturday last the fol lowitp, announcement was made to the constables, and others in authority over them, at the various station-houses of the metropolitan police :—" The Secretary of State fur the Home Department has approved of the following sums being paid to the officers and men, for their services in Hyde Park during the Coronation fair." (Here follows the names of certain in spectors, serjeants, and constables, to whom gratuities varying from 10s. to 5/. each were awarded, and the total amount of 661. 10s. is made up by a present of 361. to Superintendent Mallalieu, to whom the whole of the regulations regarding stalls, &c., were intrusted.) Mr. Charles Kean completed a seven-nights' en gagement at the Brighton Theatre on Monday evening, when the house was so crowded to witness his first appearance in the character of Claude Melnotte, that the orchestra was left for stalls. After the play Mr. Kean responded to the call of the house, and addressed a few words to the audience, stat ing that, however proud he had always felt at thegreat success that had ever attended his visits to Brighton, how happy he was on the present occasion to announce that this engage ment had " surpassed all former ones." The manager then announced a re-engagement of two nights, for the sake of re peating the Lady of Lyons. Mr. Kean, it is said, has cleared 3001. by his share of the profits. COLOSSAL STATUE AT GOLSPIE.—The gigantic statue in progress to the memory of the late Duke of Suther land, which is to crown the summit of the monument at Ben vraggic, is now nearly finished. The artist Mr. Theakstone, has succeeded in forming an admirable likeness of the lamented nobleman, and when all the parts of the statue are put together its colossal dimensions (30 feet), its elevated situation, and its imposing attitude, will render it a conspicuous landmark, as well as ornament to that country which the Duke did so much to cultivate and adorn. Temporary huts have:been construct:d on the top of the mountain for the workmen engaged in placing the statue, and in about a month the whole will be fixed and completed.—lnverness Courier. MOVEMENTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD TROOPS.— The half-yearly change of quarters of the brigade of Foot Guards will take place to-morrow as follows :—The Ist bat talion of Grenadier Guards, under the command of Colonel Grant, from St. George's to the St. John's-wood Barracks. The 3d battalion, Colonel 1-ligginson, from Portman-street to St. George's. The Ist battalion of Coldstream Guards, Col. Walton, from Windsor to Portman-street. The 2d battalions of both these regiments are on service in Canada. The Ist battalion of the Scots Fusilcer Guards, Colonel Scott, from the Wellington Barracks to Windsor. The 2d battalion, from St. John's.woud to Wellington Barracks. The battalion of the Scots Fusileers proceeding to Windsor, and that of the Coldstreams returning from thence, will be ccnveyed by the Great Western Railway, the Directors of that Company having agreed to afford the use of their trains as far as Slough fur the sum allowed to the trooes by the Government as march ing money. A detachment, consisting of one serjeant and 30 men from the 15th depot, is ordered to be in readiness to ern • bark at the shortest notice, to join the service companies in Canada ; and a detachment of one ensign, two serjeants, and 45 men, from the depot of the 85th regiment, is likewise under crders for a similar purpose. The lattt r detachment will be commanded by Ensign Maunsell.—Plymouth Journal. SPORTIN THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1838 LITERATURE LETTERS ON PARAGUAY. In 2 Vor.s. By J. P. and W. P. RonEnrsox. London, Murray, 1838 . To the most learned, as well as the most travelled Ea ropeans, Paraguay is scarcely known but by the associatio n of its name with the labours and the downfall of the Je suits. Self-isolated from all intercourse with the rest of the world, and too remote and not sufficiently opulent to court the invasion of an enlightened and powerful enemy, it has remained since the period of its asserted indepen dence, a land un t ro dd en by t our i s t s , unvisited by merchants, and unseen by strangers, save and except three individuals, in which number the authors of these volumes are included. Rare, therefore, have been their opportunities cf adding to our scanty stock of knowledge relative to the internal state of Paraguay, and the personal character of that most re markable of modern men, the Dictator Francia ; and to do them justice, rarely have they availed themselv es o f them. They have pr o du ce d by th e i r combined efforts not only a very interesting, but a permanently useful book The Messrs. Robertson ar e b ro th ers , S cotchmen ant i merchants. So long ago as 1806, the elder of the two went out to South America, where he remained for seven years, a close and accurate observer of the many changes that took place in the Governments of the South American States, during that stirring and important period. Trading on his own account, and being reckoned wealthy, circum spect and influential at home, every door was thrown open to him, and at the very commencement of his residence in Paraguay, he was admitted to an intimacy with the future Dictator, which was never accorded to any other indi v id ual, save his relati ve an d co -l a b ourer i n t h e production of these ' volumes. Among the most valuable and enduring portions of this work is the introduction, which treats of the general state of the South American Republics, con sequent upon their throwing off the Spanish yoke ; the personal anecdotes, illustrative of the character of the Dictator Francia ; and the exposition of the colo nial system of the Jesuits. Early and deep-rooted preju dices unconsciously pervade every page which has refer ence to the labours of this learned body—prejudices which the impartiality of the narrative portion of the work will at once show to be foreign to the honest intentions of the writers. Under the sway of the fraternity of Ignatius of Loyola, the native inhabitants of Paraguay, were as happy and as contented a race as any in the world. The lay brethren of the Jesuits taught them to cultivate the fields, to practice mechanical arts, to read and write a little, and to worship God in the simplicity of their hearts. They toiled hard it is true—much harder than would be neck s sary to support themselves in so fruitful a clime ; but then they were never exposed to the lash of the driver—they were not coerced by stripes—they were eligible to all the honours known to the simple community of which they were members ; and when their little stock of provisions or clothing failed, they had only to make their wants known to the " Fathers," to be supplied, not only liberally, but as a matter of right. They were not, it is true, prepared for self-government ; but neither were they treated as slaves. They were coerced, but it. was the coercion of the mind, not the torture of the body—a coercion terrible to reflecting man, but quite compatible with an indulgence of all the enjoyments most prized by an unthinking savage. The Messrs. Robertson maintain that it was the duty of the Jesuits to have edu cated the natives in such a manner as to prepare them for the full and unrestricted enjoyment of civil liberty. They are right so far ; but a neglect of this duty cannot in fair ness be presumed to degrade the Jesuits to a level with any class of slave-owners. The D:ctator of Paraguay was of French extraction, and, contrary to the generally received impression in Europe, a man of considerable literary attainments. He was educated for the priesthood, but not relishing the study of scholastic divinity, he turned his attention to jurisprudence, and while at the University of Cordova de Tucuman he took his de gree of Doctor in the faculty of law. He was early distin guished not only as an able and eloquent advocate, but as a man so upright in his profession as never to undertake an unjust cause. When the question of whether Paraguay should continue a nominal province of Old Spain was discussed at the first revolutionary meeting of the Deputies, Doctor Francia laid a pair of pistols upon the table as his argument in favour of independence. From Secretary to the Junta he rose by intrigue to the First Consulship, and then it was that he threw off the mask, and appeared before his tremb ling countrymen a ruthless and bloody tyrant. But even the Consulship did not satisfy him, as the title implied the responsible administration of established laws ; and Francia had resolved that his will should be substituted for every other code within the boundaries of Paraguay. We quote from the work before us Francia's method of obtaining the consent of the people to his assumption of the desired dignity : As the joint Consulship expired in October, 1814, Fran cia took measures for calling together a new Congress about that time. The Yegros and Cavalier° party were already much dispirited; and the unceasing energy with which Fran cia and his myrmidons had been preparing to give the coup de grace to Paraguay liberty left them with little or no doubt of his unqualified success. _ " Francia proposed—and as a necessary consequence it was resolved•—that the new Congress should consist of the mon strous and really laughable number of one thousand deputies. It was decimating the country of its heads of families, to bring that number of Members of Parliament to fulfil their legisla tive duties in the metropolis : but Francia's fiat had gone forth, and the thing was to be done. " In September - the motley multitude began to give in.. creased activity to the streets of Assumption. As might have been expected, more than one half of the knights of the shire and burgesses of the smaller towns, could neither rend nor write—wore neither stockings nor shoes. Every one had a horse, but every one had not a coat, much less a court-suit, in which to attend the levee of the-at-present condescending Consul. A jacket of white dimity, very short, and excessively tight; a bespangled waistcoat, still shorter than the jacket; knee-breeches of crimson velveteen, with highly embroidered drawers hanging down to the ankle ; a blue silk sash, such as you see worn by itinerent voltigcurs ; potro-boots, open at the toes; large silver spurs on the heels; a very small coarse hat half covering the head ; an immense queue of plaited black hair hanging down the back ;—such was the singular costume of many of the gentlemen of the House of Commons which Francis had summoned for the august purpose of creat ing a Dictatorship. " I do not think there were twenty Paraguayans (and not one out of Assumption) who knew what a Dictator meant. President, Consul, Director, Protector, and Dictator, were with them synonymous terms with the old-fashioned name of Governor, as constituted by Old Spain. • if • mi " The city of Assumption, I stake not, was to return some sixty or eighty members to represent its complicated in terests in the millenary assemblage of legislators. " There was one bitter, irreconcilable enemy of Francis with whom I was intimate. lie had been my fellow-traveller in the Carmen from Santa Fe ; and he and his family (they were my next-door neighbours) had been more than commonly kind to me. His name was Manuel Domecque. " He came into my house one morning when I knew the nominations to the great Congress were in process of issue. No popular election took place : the Government made out the lists, and these were adopted, as a matter of course, by the municipal and other local authorities. "Domecque was full of indignation, not unmixed with alarm. What do you think,' said he, 'this picaro, this villain Francis has done; He has named me a member of his Con gress ; and not only me, but all those whom he considers his greatest enemies in Assumption 1 What are we to do ?" " I advised him, for I felt alarmed for his safety, to accept the nomination, and to vote for Francis. Poor Domecque saw as well as I did, the necessity of adopting my advice. Francia named his enemies because he knew he had majority without them, or in spite of them. If they voted for the Dictatorship he would always turn round and tell them that they had seen the propriety of investing some one with absolute power ; that that absolute power they had placed in his hands; and that it was for him exclusively to determine how it ought to be used. If they voted against him, and be gained the day, they were all lost men. Sooner or later, Francis would destroy every one of them. " The Ccnsul's influence and sway in the country districts was unbounded ; hence his desire to swamp the votes of As sumption, and one or two other towns, in those of the nume rous representatives of the rural districts. " Another reason for his calling together such an over whelming mob of senators was, that three-fourths of them werepoor men, having families depending on them for their dai l y bread. I Such men could not afford to spend their time in cities, even with the magnanimous purpose of serving the patria• Charity, very literally with them, began at home ; and, there fore, they m i g ht a ll b e em ph a ti ca lly t erme d a nti-protracte_ t i_i sessions-members. This was whet Francis desired. 11 ' wanted his work done effectually, but quickly. " Of the thousand Legislators of Paraguay, about six or seven hundred were collected together, driven into town by the comandantes—as Pat drives his pigs along the road—un willing and grumbling travellers. " Many were the droll scenes which I witnessed with these representatives. Our name was now well known in Para guay, our intimacy with Carai Francis had been bruited abroad; so I had numerous visits from honourable members as they poured into the city. Most of them, instead of discussing politics with me, began by asking how they could dispose Of yerba or tobacco; all of these primitive legislators having brought a small quantity of one or other, or both of these pro ductions to pay their expenses in town. They had, happily , no electioneering bills to pay. In the pure and incorruptible republic of Paraguay we had no East Retford questions to puzzle us ; no Gattons nor Old Sarums to disfranchise. Sche dule A's and Schedule B's were things unheard of in the land of the Jesuits; and the only question which disturbed the duly chosen representatives of the great body of the people of Pa raguay was, how they could get a fair price for the calculated hundred dollars' worth of tobacco which they had brought to enable them to subsist till they were allowed to return to their respective counties and paternal estates. It was found necessary to convoke the Congress in the church of San Francisco, no other building being capacious enough to contain the august assemblage. " All matters of form, election, and etiquette, were settled at two preliminary meetings; and on the 3d of October the Parliamentary business commenced. The proceedings were opened by Mr. Speaker about nine o'clock in the morning; and, notwithstanding all the precautions which Francia had taken, some awkward inquiries began to be made about the propriety of a Dictatorship. The services and abilities of Francia were spoken of in the highest terms; indeed, he was loaded ‘iith the most extravagant and hyperbolical praises ; but it was doubted whether a Dietfitorship would conduce so much to his glory as a more limited power, assisted by a Na tional Congress. Hereupon debates commenced, and heats ensued. " I went up myself to the church about twelve o'clock. The doors were shut, but great confusion seemed to prevail wit Lin. At last, one of the dimity jacketed members came out wiping his forehead, and seeming to have suffered much, either from the heat of the church or of the debate. " How go things within, my friend?' said Ito the repro. sentative. "' Why,' replied the honest member, 'to tell you the true these are matters which I do not pretend at all to understao, but if I may judge from the noise (los gritos)—todo ra bien all goes well.' . . . 'About two o'clock, as the members of Congress were still in warm deb de, Francis got impatient, and very politely sent a numerous guard of honour to wait on the members. The troop was well armed, and quite surrounded the church. The hint was sufficient even for the clod-pated deputies in dimity jackets ; besides, the dinner-hour was past, and hunger, as well as the moustaches of the Quarteleros hastened a decision. " At this juncture one of the most energetic of Francia's partisans rose, and in a stentorian voice called silence. Gen tlemen,' said he, why should we waste or time here ? The Carai ( Lord) Francia wishes to be absolute. He ought to be absolute ' • and I say (h ere h e struck the table at w hi c h h e stood with his whole force), he SHALL be absolute " The question was forthwith put to the vote, and without one dissentient voice, Francia was invested with the Dictator ship for three years. " The Congress dissolved itself instanter; the Quartelero; marched to the Government House with flying colours ; and Francis heard, with the malignant sneer of a devil on his face, that Paraguay was all his own. " The insensate populace celebrated, with mirth and music, and festive meetings that night, the decision of the Congress. Alas the low sobs and moanings of those who were des tined soon to be bereaved widows and wretched orphans—the heavy sighs of the prisoners, and the groans of those whose blood was ere long to irrigate the streets of Assumption—ought alone to have announced that Francis was DICTATOR OF PA-- R•OTIAY WOMAN AS VIRGIN, WIFE, AND MOTHER. Br i LADY. London, Mitchell, 1838. Nye earnestly recommend this neat epitome of woman's social duties and domestic enjoyments, to ever.) , maid, wife, and mother within the sphere of our admonitory influence. It is so small, that it may be carried in a reticule without the slightest inconvenience ; and so easy of reference, that it can be consulted in an instant upon any point of which it treats. The store of womanly wisdom contained in this book, which is not bigger than a card-case, is truly incal culable. ARISTOMENES. A GRECIAN TALE. In2Vets A L ce o n ndon 'T c. The Y e as' 1838. This is a story of Ancient Greece. scene is laid towards th e c l ose o f t h e secon d M essen i an war, which ter minated so disastrously for the independence of that State, and so gloriously for the arms of her great political rival, and irreconcileable enemy, Sparta. The author has availed himself of the privilege generally assumed by no velists as regards historical accuracy ; and from his por traiture of his hero, we are inclined to believe that he either did not know of, or overlooked the anecdotes related of him by Pausanias and Pliny, as well as Polybius' account of the origin of the national struggle in which he performed so glorious and so adventurous a part. However, the tale is one of c ons id era bl e promise, and displays an extensive acquaintance with the domestic manners of the early Greeks. Nausicaa, the heroine, is a beautiful creation— a roman of true Grecian mould and proportion. The cha racters introduced are numerous, and upon the whole, spi ritedly drawn. Two handsome engravings illustrate and ornament these volumes. iESTITUTION IN SHETLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--I have this morning read, in The Sun of yesterday, a letter addressed by a Mr. Barclay to the Rev. Dr. Crom bie, animadverting with some degree of severity, and, as it appears to me, with some degree of justice, on his conduct, as Secretary to the Committee for " the Relief of the Desti tution in the Highlands of Scotland." The identity of sur name, and of the general designation, may lead some persons to conclude, as has been oftener than once the case, that the author of the letter to which Mr. Barclay refers, and the author of this communication, are one and the same individual. I feel it necessary, therefore, to say, that neither have I the honour of being Secretary to that Committee, nor am I the author of the letter to which Mr. Barclay alludes. To the alienation of the fund, or any part of it, I am decidedly op posed ; and have therefore directed that my subscriptions, or such part of them a 3 may yet be unappropriated, be withdrawn From the controul of the London Committee. ALEX. CROMBIE, LL.D. Cheltenham, Aug. 29. CORN AND CURRENCY.—The power to run up the averages, which has now been proved, will tell very much against the landowners in calculating the sum they will have to give as rent-charge under the Commutation of Tithe Act. Let them look to this. The commutation for tithes will be settled by the annual average prices of corn in the market through the whole year; but it is well known that that ave rage annual price does not represent what the farmers receive. The price always rises most after the corn has left their hands and has got into those of the speculators. The average is always, therefore, considerably above what the farmers receive. The money juggle operates also to give low prices to the farmers, and high prices to the speculators; so that the rate of tithe commutation will be determined, not by what the farmers actually sell their corn for, but by that sum heightened by what it is sold for by speculators, and the consequence will be that the commutation will be always fixed at a considerably higher rate than the agriculturist will actually get for his crops. He, poor man, is doomed to be plundered by the idle tithe owner and speculator, and therefore remains poor.—Brighton Guardian. At a meeting of the parishioners of St. Saviour's, Southwark, held yesterday evening, on the subject of a Church-rate (the further consideration of which was post poned for a week), it was stated that a few years ago some of the parishioners had thought proper to object to the payment of 2001. per annum for the services of a clergyman connected with the parish, contending that 100/. was an ample remune ration. The immediate consequence was an application to Parliament on the subject, and the ultimate result that, in addition to 1,000/. expences, the sum to be paid was settled at 300/, the recusants having a very narrow escape from a bur then of 4001. THE STORM ON THURSDAY.—Thursday after noon a severe storm of thunder and lightning, accomp an i e d b y t orr ents of rain, passed over this town. It was f e lt more par ticularly at Danbury , which it passed over in a directi on f rom north to south, extending several miles in width, an d was a considerable. vev of the abovefe w i s of h , werebarley, from brought accompanied by a terr i fi c h ail - storm. The damag e d one to fitheeld a to our office on Friday, exhibiting the destructive effects of the hail sto nes, which were a s large as beans. A co rrespondent at Woodham Ferris, who i s a sufferer from the storm , thus addresses us on the subject :—" I had at the time about twent y -five ac res of wheat un cut , w hi ch cropsbe belonging very r y to a fm is beaten yi o yn. udt oats t the h e t n h . ee restv e e x cut t c n in, t some of th o f r o swarth a them et r h t r h e ; t gt o ha et f yh o ue are er bushelsed ready thrashed pfoevr appearance, being cut i n num b erless pieces. acre. carting, a ou t very much. My cabbage and mangel l eaves have aTlmieosotatsraogngaend adjoining farm, lam informed, are more than half beaten out, and the barley is much injured. At Danbury, H aze leigh, and Purleigh the storm has done great damage, the which continued a qua r t er o f an hour, was at standing barley at the former place being nearly th ras h e d out. t T e h nd e ed it st w 9rm l; heavy peals of thunder and a brisk wind, causing wheat Dkhuyr iitihg the t t lh a i genhdstitonoigrni storm, n : a tthh fi vee e field, 1 , ebeet sheaves rloi electric g fluidi beingn g totallyta fi iV r l e r . t 0 G: 0 : 141 0 1:o , the hail stones to fall much heavier." At North Fambridge cottages, 'Waßunautn con sumed. C r ave Vsnd !e t aurcf d Anson ; fortunately the families the property of Viscount Maynard, ilie situate at at , Brick end, Hall, occupied by two labourers, named but the cottages were totally consumed.—E s ss w e. e r r Herald. omlioille, aNpEpS,S,EinSteAdT iTnnEseCptEeNL.ReArLlaCstrutmores FEES To COUNSEL AND E c XIENSE_S . OF WIT NESSES in their report al n i , u.ue th h u . s ils. no t t o ic notice the e () f o e COURT.—.The COITITIIIttO2 x A a L mine into the accounts of the City Chamberl a in, s e i s d o p r a e i d d a t t o t Counsel, Court of Common Council expenditure of the City ncl . ~ In our examinatiot accounts, we find that considerable Acts of are paid annually under the authority of various of Parliament ; for fees payable to Counsel, and expenses of witnesses attending Central Criminal for a t the oval prosecuting felons of Scotch expenses in the rem rod Irish pau • paupers, and of inquests held by the coroner, which charges are directed to be aid out of the county rate made f rom the city or borough, in respect of which such expenses are i ncurred ; but inasmuch as the corporation have not resorted to such mode of reimbursement, and the said ex penses have greatly increased and are still increasing, we think it inequitable 'should be that th e whole of such expenses paid out of the funds of e hcitizens in relief of the tinha bitants of the city of London very considerable generally ; a portion of whom are who refuse to become free, or persons to share in the personal duties or services of citizens, although occupying as wholesale dealers, &c., a considerable part of the most valuable Property of the City ; but are content to avail themselves of such relief at the expence of the property of the citizens. \VO, therefore, e -0, therefore, beg to suggest that it should he recommended to the Court of Common Council to consider the propriety of ascertaining w hether any, and what means should be ad o pt e d , either b opted, to levy a rate upon such persons, . .y an assessment in the nature of a county rate, or otherwise, in reimbursement, not only of their fair proportion of the ex penses bef ore referred to but also in aid of such other expenses of this City, which, by the law of the la n d, county rate." Ni less than 83 vesse l s l a d en w ith grain passed out of the Baltic in the week ending August the 7th. Of these cargoes 74 were of wh e at d es ti ne d to British ports. The slumber of persons that viewed the State apart ments at Windsor Castle on Sunday last, was upwards of GOO, and the Sunday previous considerably above that number. Reading M c ,. Cur! 1 Total Portsmouth Sheerness .. Plymouth In a state of ordinary commission Ready for Launching Total Making a grand total 01 IN CONIMI Guns. 16 I 20 I 77 sail of the line. sSION. 16 18 19 Howe frigate's crew on board. Britannia l2O Flagship at Portsmouth. Royal Adelaide Princess Charlotte 104 Flagship, Mediterranean. Asia B4 Bellerophon Vanguard Rodney Cornwallis Donegal Edinburgh Hastings .. 74 Hercules Malabar Minden ... Pembroke Russell 74 Gibraltar. Talavera 74 Mediterranean. t East Indies, only 50 g u ns moun t e d, •• '' and a frigate's crew. ~ 1 Cape of Good Hope, 50 guns, and a frigate's crew. Wellesley Melville READY FOR LAUNCHING. Guns. Station. 92 92 , 80 ... (nearly) Pembroke INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. It may be known to some of scientific reader: that Pro fessor Airy has, for some time past, been engaged in a series of experiments, having for their object t;) supply some meAns by which the variation of the compass on board steamers might be rectified. These experiments were undertaken at the re quest of the General Steam Company, arid their fine ship the Rainbow has been placed for the purpose at the disposal of the Professor. There having been good reason for believing that the pldn suggested had been so far matured as to afford a fair prospPt of practical success, the Company made an excursion yester day down the River in the Rainbow, in order to ascertain the working of the new system. For this purpose four com passes, besides those ordinarily appropriated to the ship's use, were placed on frames erected along the middle of the deck, and below each, at a depth varying according to circumstances, was a shallow deal case containing a magnet placed parallel to, and iri different degrees of radiation from, the line of the keel. By these means the magnetic influence of the metal of the ship and engines has not only been ascertained in its pre cise extent, but rectified, so that the true bearing is seen with perfect accuracy. This was yesterday proved to the entire satisfaction of Professor Faraday and other scientific gentle men, who were on board; and the discovery was evidently as gratifying to then] as it cannot fail to be important in its con sequences on steam navigation, whether undertaken for com mercial or national objects. The General Steam Navigation Company intend to despatch the Rainbow, in the course of a week or two, on her voyage to Antwerp ; and if her rate of going be in any way answerable to the capabilities she ex hibited yesterday, they must be very fast indeed who can keep her in sight. In the course of her progress up and down the River the op portunity was afforded of trying her speed with several of the fastest of the Gravesend boats, and the result was perfectly conclusive as to her superior velocity. One remarkable cha• racteristic of the Rainbow which attracted general notice was, the entire absence of motion and vibration from the working of the engines. In the cabins this was altogether imperceptible, and but for the rapidity with which the various objects in ie were passed, the smoothness with which she glided along would have rendered it d:fficult to believe that she was moving with any extraordinary degree of speed. THE NAVY. (From a Correspon SHEERNESS Al Gurs. Waterloo Royal George l2O, *Camperdown Monarch B 4l Powerful Formidable' B4, lent of the Times.) D CHATHAM. Illack Prince. 1 * Blenheim .. •Defence Devonshire l * Hawke Hogue Minotaur Redoubtable Tremendous ~ SOUTH. Guns. 74 74 74 Cambridge . BO Wellington 74' Achille 74 74 PORTS Guns. *St. Vincent Neptune l2O Nelson Hibernia l2O Queen Charlotte Prince Regent *G'anges B4 Carnatic Guns, Ajax Benbow . Egmont "Illustrious Imaum Pitt 74 ' , Revenge Sultan )I.ITH. 74 PLYM Guns. Royal William *Caledonia l2O *lmpregnable Canopus B4 Bombay B4 Calcutta B4 Clarence *Thundercr Vengeance .. Foudroyant Guns l* Agincourt Armada 'l'Belleisle Bellona 74 Implacable 74 Invincible 74 Kent 76 (Medway 74 Stirling Castle 84 84 Those marked with an * arc :o receive their crews, and are those that are in a state ready really ready for service. ABSTRk Guns. 120 and lupwards. Guns. 84 and upwards. Guns 74 1 Name. Nile London . Indus ...... ... Collingwood FRIGATES, Alfred 0 Guns. (Vernon..... 5O Java 5O America I Isis Conquestador... Razeed 74 Barham (in commission) 50 I Cornwall Düblin .... Eagle 5O guns. others are in their prime.] Gloucester These,when properlyrnanned Vindictive Portland 52 yet), would be fit to cope with Southampton 52 any frigate the world can Winchester 52 produce. President( South America) 52 AT CHATHAM AND SHEERNESS. Guns. Xolus 46 Africaine Amazon 46 Clyde Crescent 46 ,1 Daedalus 4Ol Eurotas ~ 46' Havannah Horatio Latona Leonidas Mercury 46 Guns. Mermaid 46 Owen Glendower 42 Penelope .... • 46 Tenedos... 46 *Thalia Thames 46 Unicorn 46 Venus 46 '• Hebe" 46 (Tbis frigate is undergoing considerable repair.) AT POR Guns. Amphitrite 46& Minerva . * Blonde Fox 46 Sirius .... Laurel AT PLYMOUTH. G uns. I Guns. Andromeda 46,Melampus 46 Cerebus Circe . 46 Proserpi na 46 46, Resistance 46 Druid Fisgard 46' Seahers e Forte 46 Forth Hamadryad Hotspur Leda The above frigates are supposed to carry from 18 to 24 pounders on the main deck, and carronades on the upper ; and this armament (they not being " able" to carry heavier) naturally causes them to be far inferior to frigates of other nations, more especially the Americans. 'SBIOUTH. Guns. .. 46 .. 46 .. 46 . 46 Madagascar. Seringapatam 46 West Indies. Stag 46 South America. Meander...... launching. AT SEA. Pique. Castor . Inconstant Long 32-pounders, and mo The following vessels arc al various parts, some in England Gum Guns • t A AA n lelt d g r Andromache a r ch c ... ** . 0 2 22 , 68688 T Rs Nim a a o i r b ti gt i o , l l : e r t s ; n Se ieg t k a e r 29 Cary Calliop e s fo r t ...... • .. 9B 29 28 t Cleopatra 26 Sapphire 2B t Vestal .... ... . 26 Volage ... 28 Crocodile..,,,, 2B Rainbow Herald 2B I (This ship is undergoing Tyne All these (th oug h b y t h e Admiralty styled p " frigates") arc neither fit to chase, fight, nor run away from an enemy, being badly constructed and badly armed, &c., in every iespect,‘Nith the exception of those m ar k e d I-, built by Sir W. Symonds , carrying long 32-p oun d ers ; f ar superior to our " nominal powerful" frigates the 46's. 36 36 36 ,re than a match for the 46's. 11 in commission, and at sea in (t.,, / 1 .•. / 4 ... ; iiiP - t':! 1_ ",,, CORVETTES AND LARGE BR,g ....ill*'',4 '''Wl/441V.14, 7he following vessels are also employed - at, litv,,-stiorttizi „---:,-, Fore, no more, in case of war, before t 7ebiiilsr s ' '`.rs'irc; ,t..,,,, --•— • - finished :-- ~:i , • __::.- -N. Guns.( s. L'A'gle . 24 Pelorus V 3.f V c SICZ V Champion Comus IF' , Cluiders l6 C Colum r 1 bine ruise Clio gh Cur/19°a ..................... 26 Ringdose Dido ................ 18 Rose Electra ...................... 18 R over lB Scout ................... ... 1,5 Satellite lB Favourite . .................. 18 Snake • 16 Fly ........................... i 6 Sparrow hawk l6 Jaseur ........................ 16 Tribune 24 Harlequin .................. 16 Frinculo l6 Harier ....................... 16 Tweed Hazard 2O .. 18 Victor lB Lily l6 Wand erer Modesto lB W olf Magicienne 24 Wolvi rene l6 Nimrod Orestes 18 Sappho. Pelrl Pelican The whole of which, as in proportion to all other classes of the :er , ice, are not equal either in weight or metal, number of guns, or crew, to our neighbours, always excepting the ves sels constructed by the present surveyor, which even are per haps inferior. SMALL BRIGS, SCHOO: The following vessels are all Guns.' 16 NERS. AND CUTTERS. employed : Guns. Hornet Leveret Lynx Nautilus ~,, Partridge Pantaloon Rolla Royalist Saracen Algerine . Arrow „.. Basilisk ... f BonEtta f Brisk f Buzzard Chamelion...... f Charybdis 5 Cockatrice 6 Curlew lO f Dolphin 3 Fair Rosamond 2' f Forester 3 f Griffin 3 Harpy lO All small craft, not worth mentioning as part of the navy, being almost only useful on the coast of Africa to suppress slave trade. Those marked f are razeed brigs, only fit for coast of Africa and West Indies. ; Savage Scorpion t Termagant Waterwitch Wizard 10 10 ... 10 I 0 10 STEAMERS OF WAR.—(EmpLoYED.) Gorgon (very powerful ) Medea Phoenix Heavy guns. Rhadamanthus Salamander 4 Doe 4 Colombia Comet Small steamers. Confiance Echo Several others of this class are used as packets. Packets, either sailing or steam, are not included. Sur veying vessel, or vessels in ordinary, carrying pendants, in command of vessels in ordinary, as those are not seaworthy. D EMONSTRATION IN FAVOUR OF MR. OASTLER. On Saturday last Mr. Oastler took his departure from Fixby Hall, where he resided during the time he was Mr. Thornhill's steward, and his friends determined to take ad vantage of the occasion to make a public demonstration in his favour. About four o'clock the friends of Mr. Oastler began to assemble in the park in front of Fixby Hall. Deputation arrived from London, Manchester, Bury, Bolton, Rochdale, Oldham, Ashton, Staley-bridge, Halifax, Bradford, Dews bury, and other places. The different parties from different towns arrived with banners and music. At five o'clock, the hour of departure, the concourse of people in the park could not have been less than 15,000 persons. There were seven bands of music, and flags with appropriate inscriptive devices. A carriage with four grey horses was provided for Mr. and Mrs. Oastler and his adopted daughter. Mr. Oastler imme diately ordered two of the horses to be taken out, declaring that his l a t e master d rove four greys—so he would only b have two. When Mr. Oastler (accompanied by his wife and daughter), entered the carriage, the shouts of the assembled multitude were indeed most enthusias tic and overwhelming. As soon as they were seated, and the cheers had subsided, the cannon was fired, the music struck up, and the procession proceeded to Hudders field. The procession proceeded by Netheroyd-hill, Cow ill; and Hill-house; and along the whole line of road the greatest enthusiasm towards Mr. Oastler was displayed. The number of the people was computed at 100,000 ; by none less than 50,000. The procession, having reached Hudders field, proceeded through all the principal streets until it ar rived at Mr. Latham's (Mr. Oastler's brother-in-law), in Queen -street, where Mr. Oastler's carriage stopped, and be handed Mrs. Oastler and his daughter into their new and tem porary home. When he stepped into the carriage, after per forming that office, he said to the people—" There, friends, that is now my home." Many voices immediately exclaimed --" We will soon find you a better." The procession then moved on to a vacant piece of ground in Rarasden-street, near St. Paul's Church-yard, where a temporary hustings had been erected. The hustings were filled by the persons comosing the diff erent d eputat i ons, who presented .he addresses' from their respective towns. Mr. OASTLIIR then addressed the assemblage in a long speech, wherein he attacked the Poor-law Commissioners, and repeated his assertion that Mr. Thornhill had discharged him in consequence of the advice of the Commissioners. Mr. Oastler, in conclusion, read the following letter which he bad transmitted to Mr. Thornhill, in reply to the one addressed by that gentleman to the Editors of the Leeds papers Thomas Thornhill, 49, Berkeley-square, London. " Sir,—l have this morning seen your letter addressed to the Editor of the Leeds Intelligencer, in which you charge me with having converted your money to my own uses—with having neglected your interest and my duty—and stating that persons under me have cheated you. In the most positive terms which the English language can supply, I assert, that, so far as lam concerned, the charges are untrue. I demand of you a plain straightforward answer to the following ques tions : " 1. When did I appropriate any of your money to my uses ? " 2. Where did I appropriate any of your money to my own uses ? "3. How much of your money have I appropriated to my own use ? " 4. What parts of your business hare I neglected to at end to ? " 5. What part of my duty towards you has been neglected ? " 6. Who employed under me has cheated you ? " 7. When have they cheated you ? " 8. Where have they cheated you? " 9. What is the amount of money of which they have cheated you? " I might ask you why you thought proper to discharge me, without giving me either reason or notice. I might ask you why you resolved to have your letter of the 17th of August inserted in all the local papers of the 25th of August, without my knowledge ? But I will not ask you that question ; every honest man can answer it without your aid. " You say that you have not discharged me on account of the new Poor-law. I am prepared to prove that you have. I require you now to publish the correspondence between yourself and Mr. Frankland Lewis, the Poor-law Commis sioner, and particularly that letter where he tells you that the Commissioners are very much annoyed with your steward in Yorkshire, and requesting you to pnt a stop to him, or words to that effect. It is of no use to say you have no such letter: I know that you have. " I am, your discarded Servant, " RICHARD OASTLER. " Not from your house, Fixby-liall, but from the peaple's hustings, Huddersfield. " August 25, 1838." Sir. Oastler then left the hustings, after which declaratory resolutions were passed complimentary to Mr. Oastler, and expressive of the sense entertained of his services, concluding wi.ll the following : — " That a general subscription be immediately opened ,throughout Great Britain, for the purpose of purchasing a freehold estats or such other investment as a general Com mittee appointed by and from the subscribers shall deem most advisable, to be presented to Mr. Oastler, to enable that gen tleman to devote himself entirely to public life, as the equal friend of the rich and poor, on the principles of equal justice and humanity." On the same day that Mr. Thornhill addressed the letter to the Leeds papers, charging Mr. Oastler with cheating him and with neglecting his business, he sent the following letter to the editor of the Ha!flux Guardian, in which the charge of neglect alone is alleged against his late steward : " e,:tit,—Having just received a printed paper, which I con sider tends to lower me in the estimation of my tenantry, I think it is proper to say that my reason fur dischargin z T, Mr. R. *antler, my late steward, was, that I feared, from hts en tering so deeply into the politics of the day, that he would not have it in his power to settle certain sums of money that he is in my debt, and I did not think he paid sufficient attention to my business. I shall feel much obliged by your publishing this, as I must consider I have been insulted by the Hudders- Lld placard now beferein e ti ~r .Yr obedient servant, 111031 AS THORNHILL. " Cowes, Aug. 17, 1838." FIRE AT M A NCIIESTER,—The funeral of James :hesf:r;e.rntehnos°3for the W ' the fireman, took place last Tuesday afternoon, atthe Ru a -nl n Me Road Cemvtery. The funeral procession included the Manchester police fire-engine department, Salford police department (the former a o ver the brass badges on their arms); and the and so establishment, was borne to t h e place of interment on the Water Witch fire engine, covered bwoedayr.inags crape s a rhe custom with this with a pail, on which were the helmet, axe, and other accou trements of the deceased : it was followed by a large con course of people.—Manchester Guardian. A strawberry picked from the garden of Mr. Pers ton, at Cro,:s-park, near Glasgow, a few weeks ago, was of the extraordinary dimensions of 5i inches by 41. S U Pf